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Edible Flowers
UC COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
Recommended Edible Flower Varieties|
35-52 days • Yellow and gold • 10-12" tall
Cup of Sun grows easily and quickly so plants are soon covered with cheerful flowers. Masses of these perky blossoms shine above the foliage.
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65-85 days • Violet, mauve, yellow and white • 6-10" tall
Also known as Heart’s Ease, these dainty little flowers look like jaunty miniature pansies. Johnny Jump Ups are both weather tolerant and long blooming. Blossoms are edible with a mild wintergreen flavor.
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65 days • Yellow and mahogany • 5-7' tall
This pretty mix of sunny yellow and warm burnished mahogany. Easy-to-grow plants bear magnificent big flowers. After blooming, they offer nutritious seed treats for fall songbirds.
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8-10" • 75-95 days • Yellow and burgundy • 7' tall
Beautiful variety with medium-large blooms in shades of burgundy, rust, bronze, bright yellow, and crimson. Produces many flowers over a long season.
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3-5" • 70-90 days • Yellow and brown • 5-8' tall
A wonderful poly-headed variety, flowers have a light brown center surrounded by bright lemon-yellow petals.
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10-12" • 80-100 days • Yellow and brown • 12' tall
This giant single-stalk sunflower is a fast grower. Edible, gray-striped seeds and edible, bittersweet petals. Attracts pollinators.
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65 days • Orange and brown • 5-6' tall
Sturdy, branching stalks bear multitudes of stunning golden-orange flower faces. Grows quickly and blooms early.
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10-12" • 70-90 days • Yellow • 12' tall
This giant, single-stalk sunflower is a fast grower. Easy to grow, not fussy about soil conditions and is drought tolerant.
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Catalog photo credits: UC Master Gardeners—1P. Dimas, 2P. Joki, 3D. Laner, 4T. Loftus, 5G. Myers, 6S. Wentz, 7S. Wood, 8C. Yip, 9Unknown UC Master Gardener of Alameda County.